Bessie Stringfield, Jamaica – Caribbean-American Woman of Influence
Bessie Stringfield, the first Black woman to ride a motorcycle solo across the United States, was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1911 to a Jamaican father and a Dutch mother. While questions have arisen about her birth and family, the popular consensus is that the family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, and when she was five, […]
No Mr. Prime Minister, Jamaica Has Bigger Sources Of Embarrassment
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has weighed in on the recent banning of dancehall artiste Skeng from performing at any public events in Guyana. The ban was announced by Guyana’s Minister of Home Affairs, Mr. Robeson Benn following an incident at the Baderation concert held on May 22nd 2022. The concert ended prematurely after shots were fired […]
Words of Bob Marley Invoked by Leaders at Summit of the Americas
Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley was quoted by two leaders attending the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, which ran from June 6 to June 10, 2022. Both the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, and the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken showed their appreciation for Marley by using his words […]
Diane Abbott – Saluting 60 Women Pioneers
“If you are out for money, if you just want to be famous, politics is not the right field for you. The important thing is to really care about people and to be committed to improving the lives of people.” Diane Abbott was born in England, of Jamaican parents. Her mother was a nurse and […]
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “Come…and rest a little while”
In his book The Life You’ve Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciples for Ordinary People, John Ortberg observes, “We suffer from what has come to be known as ‘hurry sickness’,” a condition Meyer Friedman defines as “above all, a continuous struggle and unremitting attempt to accomplish or achieve more and more things or participate in more and more […]
Dr. William Thornton, British Virgin Islands – Caribbean-American Man of Influence
Dr. William Thornton, a physician, inventor, and architect, was the designer of the US Capitol building. He was born on Jost van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands in 1759 in a Quaker community. In 1784, he received a medical degree from the University of Aberdeen. Upon returning to his Caribbean home in 1786, he […]